The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-31
The New County,
Mclrt,~s. Daylight.

MClTUe-t Day light.
That opposition would be engtndere,l
and objections raised to the formation of
a new county was to lie. expected. OPP
position when based ON reasonable.
ground and not governed by stubborneos.
Is right, and shows that the parties are.
alive To- their interest. and are not To he.
led bilndly by either designing persons
or others. away from what they think is
right. but when stubbOrnnesS Is So great
that reasonable arguments will not re-
move the opposition, why, then let them
go. So with objections. when they can
be proved To be- correct they are valid
but when they are unreasonable or lack
ing of good sense. the. holder of Obiec-
tiOns il silly indeed. such we regret To
say Is one, what appears To many To- be-
good reason for objecting To the new
county propOsed-viZ: through the utter
anCes of one person, (who ought To have
better sense. since it has been
proved to- him that he is
wrongl that i'm forming new county
an expense of many thousands would be
entailed ON the new county. by having
all the records pertaining to the the parts
of tine different counties from which the
one is to- be- created. transcribed. Now.
this is false notion. 1T II not required.
nor has il ever been done in this State,
or any other State of the Union, nctvIth-
standing the assertions of the tTtSedcre
who promulgateS them. When Clay
County was formed from parts of Duval
and Putnam Counties. no such trans
Scrihing took place, neither when Brad
ford was formed from Columbia County.
neither was it done when, four years
ago, the Legislature of the State saw fit
To annex portion of Putnam To Clay
County. The writer resides in portion
of Clay County which formerly belonged
To Putnam and the property remains re-
corded in the latter county, notwith-
standing it Is now under the jurisdiction
of Clay. and we are willing to back our
assertion with any amount. that this fact
does not invali,late the title, and that il
Is a. good as auy in the State.
We have dwelt thus long ON this par
ticular objection perhaps longer than it
was worth. but as it has a large circula-
ton and Is raising an opposition which
otherwise would not exist, We feel JUS
titled in doing 81. Another objection. u
more valid one. Is that of the expense of
"A court house, pail. etc. Very true. but
the citizens of CLAY and Putnam will
soon be- taxed for a Hetr Court House in
their respective counties. much heavier.
than they will he ON that account in the
new county: if rIImor is correct they
may not b, taxed at all for that purpose
as offers have. been (contlitionally1 made
that certain wide-awake parties Will bear
that expense personally and present them
To the county.
Another reason for a new county il.
that parties living in the proposed bound
aries of the. new county. arr. So far re-
moved from their (presenu county seats.
from eighteen to- thirty-tive miles. This
i'm itself should be "A great incentive for
Il new formation. and ii a proper place
,.antr.1llC H. haI for.
the furthe~t end of the county would
not he. over twelve miles distant, this
fact would save the county in mileage
hundreds of dollars-Constquently that
much less taXation-aleo save. all who
had business there much time (Which Is
money!, great wear and tear of their
teams. and dollars for lost time. for
which they get no pay
Another great reason for Il county as
the one proposed is that the officials
would be under closer surveillance. rings
could not he 81 easily formed To over
throw the wishes of the people. neither
would there he as great opportunity
given To dishonest employees as they
could and would be closer watched and
thier attempts at fraud much easier
frustrated. | have many other reasons.
should unite all parties Interested in
forming this new county. The county
as laid out, would have nearly
| POO voters. allowing five inhabi-
tants To a voter. would give it about
5000 persons-which shows for itself
that 1T would he self-sustaining besides
II would contain some of the best schools
in the State. in buildings and teachers.
also MANY well-built church etiitices, and
these facts would not be robbing thu. old
counties of what belonged to them. a.
most. If not all. were created and suS-
tanned 10y parties living within the pro-
proposed boundaries. We hope that all
parties will see these facts and see the
great advantages gained. and cheerfully
sign the petition when presented. tohave
II new county formed for their benefit a,
we'll aS for the benefit of our beloved
Florida. MEMO"